The latest version of [[NeoOffice]] is: '''[http://www.planamesa.com/neojava/download.php 1.2 Beta]'''.

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NeoOffice 1.2 Beta requires a PPC Macintosh running Mac OS X 10.3 or 10.4; [http://trinity.neooffice.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=2230 it will not install, nor will it run under "Rosetta"], on Intel Macintoshes.

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These are archived release notes for an '''older version''' of [[NeoOffice]]. If you want to see the release notes for the '''current version''' of NeoOffice, please visit the [[NeoOffice Release Notes]].

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=== Patches ===

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To '''download the the latest version''' of NeoOffice, visit the '''[http://www.planamesa.com/neojava/download.php NeoOffice Downloads]''' page.

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''If you want to receive announcements whenever a patch or new release of NeoOffice is available, subscribe to the NeoJUpdate mailing list. To subscribe to the NeoJUpdate mailing list, send an e-mail to <tt>neojupdate-subscribe@heapsys.com</tt>.''

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=== Patches for NeoOffice 1.2 Beta ===

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==== Current Patch ====

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'''[http://www.planamesa.com/neojava/patch.php Patch-5] is now available'''.

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The new changes included in this patch are listed below:

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'''1.2 Beta Patch-5''': The new changes included in this patch are listed below:

** If you have already donated to NeoOffice, this change is not directed at you. Instead, the purpose of this change is to raise awareness that NeoOffice is entirely funded by donations. If only 0.5% of the 100,000 users that download NeoOffice every month donate an average of $10 each, we will be able to fully fund the NeoOffice 2.0 and Mac Intel work in 2006.

** If you have already donated to NeoOffice, this change is not directed at you. Instead, the purpose of this change is to raise awareness that NeoOffice is entirely funded by donations. If only 0.5% of the 100,000 users that download NeoOffice every month donate an average of $10 each, we will be able to fully fund the NeoOffice 2.0 and Mac Intel work in 2006.

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'''Note: Patch-5 requires a full installation of NeoOffice 1.2 Beta or Alpha and will not install on any version of NeoOffice/J 1.1. Patch-5 includes all fixes and additions of previous patches.'''

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'''1.2 Beta Patch-4''': The new changes included in this patch are listed below:

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'''Beta Patch-4''': The new changes included in this patch are listed below:

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* Fixed minor Aqua menu bugs. In the last patch, significant Aqua menu performance improvements were made but these improvements caused some minor new bugs that have been fixed in this patch.

* Fixed minor Aqua menu bugs. In the last patch, significant Aqua menu performance improvements were made but these improvements caused some minor new bugs that have been fixed in this patch.

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* Fixed handling of folders and files with non-ASCII names that reside on a remote, non-Mac OS X machine. Previously, strange behaviors were reported for users that have such folders and files that are NFS mounted from Linux or Solaris servers.

* Fixed handling of folders and files with non-ASCII names that reside on a remote, non-Mac OS X machine. Previously, strange behaviors were reported for users that have such folders and files that are NFS mounted from Linux or Solaris servers.

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'''Beta Patch-3''': The new changes included in this patch are listed below:

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'''1.2 Beta Patch-3''': The new changes included in this patch are listed below:

* Improved Aqua menu performance. Under Mac OS X 10.4, many users noticed frequent redrawing of the Aqua menubar when using certain NeoOffice functions. In this patch, this unnecessary redrawing has been eliminated.

* Improved Aqua menu performance. Under Mac OS X 10.4, many users noticed frequent redrawing of the Aqua menubar when using certain NeoOffice functions. In this patch, this unnecessary redrawing has been eliminated.

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* Fixed multiple monitor bugs for users with monitors of different sizes.

* Fixed multiple monitor bugs for users with monitors of different sizes.

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'''Beta Patch-2''': The new changes included in this patch are listed below:

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'''1.2 Beta Patch-2''': The new changes included in this patch are listed below:

* Improved the speed for finding a font when the current font cannot display text. This "font fallback" process occurs very frequently when displaying text in non-Western European languages such as Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, Hebrew, etc.

* Improved the speed for finding a font when the current font cannot display text. This "font fallback" process occurs very frequently when displaying text in non-Western European languages such as Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, Hebrew, etc.

Fixed crashing when closing or saving a document with "uncommitted" text - When inputting text, Mac OS X does not automatically commit or delete uncommitted text. Closing or saving a document with uncommitted text (e.g. pressing Option-e on an English keyboard or pressing several characters on a Japanese keyboard) can cause NeoOffice's underlying OpenOffice.org code to crash so this patch removes any uncommitted text when closing or saving a document.

NeoOffice will now display the NeoOffice donation page - Because NeoOffice donations are lagging behind the NeoOffice 2.0 and Mac Intel work that our users are requesting, starting with this patch NeoOffice will now display the NeoOffice donation page.

If you have already donated to NeoOffice, this change is not directed at you. Instead, the purpose of this change is to raise awareness that NeoOffice is entirely funded by donations. If only 0.5% of the 100,000 users that download NeoOffice every month donate an average of $10 each, we will be able to fully fund the NeoOffice 2.0 and Mac Intel work in 2006.

1.2 Beta Patch-4: The new changes included in this patch are listed below:

Fixed minor Aqua menu bugs. In the last patch, significant Aqua menu performance improvements were made but these improvements caused some minor new bugs that have been fixed in this patch.

Better memory usage. In this patch, we have switched back to using Java's parallel garbage collector as we have found that it does a much better job of preventing excessive memory usage than Java's default garbage collector.

Fixed handling of folders and files with non-ASCII names that reside on a remote, non-Mac OS X machine. Previously, strange behaviors were reported for users that have such folders and files that are NFS mounted from Linux or Solaris servers.

1.2 Beta Patch-3: The new changes included in this patch are listed below:

Improved Aqua menu performance. Under Mac OS X 10.4, many users noticed frequent redrawing of the Aqua menubar when using certain NeoOffice functions. In this patch, this unnecessary redrawing has been eliminated.

Fixed Aqua menu crashing bugs. Some users experienced frequent, random crashing in Java's Aqua menu code. In this patch, we have reorganized the Aqua menu code to avoid triggering the Java bug that causes this crashing.

Fixed multiple monitor bugs for users with monitors of different sizes.

1.2 Beta Patch-2: The new changes included in this patch are listed below:

Improved the speed for finding a font when the current font cannot display text. This "font fallback" process occurs very frequently when displaying text in non-Western European languages such as Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, Hebrew, etc.